This fiscal year (October 2025-present) is now officially the deadliest on record for people held in ICE captivity.
29 people have died since October, surpassing the previous record set in 2004.
On average, someone has died in ICE captivity every 5.9 days this year (Austin Kocher).
DHS only temporarily paused plans to stand up more ICE internment camps. This fight is not over.
If you haven't already, find out who's organizing near you and get involved. We all can play a part.
Track ICE warehouse purchases at datastudio.google.com/s/n7-QgsXzaO4 -- credit: Project Salt Box
Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, a 27-year-old Cuban refugee who entered the United States lawfully in 2024, died in ICE captivity in Miami on Apr 12. He hadn't been convicted of a crime. His death is the 17th in ICE captivity this year alone. Many to most deaths in ICE captivity are preventable.
2026 is on track to break the record for most deaths in ICE captivity -- ever.
And a new investigation just uncovered that over half of the people who died in ICE captivity since 2025 (with enough medical documentation) could have survived had they been provided timely and sufficient medical care.
A San Francisco Chronicle investigation sent records from deaths in ICE captivity since 2025 to 14 independent physicians for review.
More than half of those deaths with enough documentation could have been prevented, according to doctors.
Source: sfchronicle.com/projects/2026/ice-detention-deaths
Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, 49, was "found unresponsive" in his cell at a Louisiana ICE internment camp on Saturday, April 11th, according to ICE. They claim they brought him to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. ICE has provided no explanation as to the cause of his death.
For months, ICE has bypassed the procedural months-long bidding competition for government contracts by using a loophole intended for overseas military operations.
Now, their ability to fast-track internment camps is even greater because DHS paused all internal audits of these “no-bid” contracts.
Since Trump took office last January, over 6,200 children have been held captive inside internment camps where the food is inedible, the water isn’t potable and makes kids sick, medical emergencies go ignored, and contagious diseases like Covid-19, RSV, and the measles spread unchecked.
The DHS's internal watchdog is no longer providing oversight into ICE internment camps and instances of excessive force by immigration agents.
On Tuesday, Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez was shot by an ICE officer in Patterson, CA despite posing no threat to the officer.
Now he's in critical condition. His fiancee and 2-year-old need urgent support to cover food, housing, medical and legal costs.
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Tuan Van Bui, the son of a U.S. soldier, died on April 1, 2026 at the Miami internment camp in Bunker Hill, IN. His is the second death at the Miami internment camp this year.
We are witnessing an average of one death in ICE captivity every 6.0 days in 2026.
Source: Austin Kocher
Over $200/day for each person held captive by ICE in a camp in Bradford County, Florida.
That's what a proposal written by Sabot Consulting promises.
Their proposal also listed several ways in which they plan to make the internment camp harder to spot by members of the public.
Source: Mark Ramm
🧊✈️🏀 SPOTTED IN INDY 👀
The Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled a homicide in the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a blind refugee, husband and father who lived in Buffalo.
The office also revealed that his death was caused by complications of a perforated duodenal ulcer induced by hypothermia and dehydration.
The Final Four is coming to Indy....and they're flying in on ICE deportation planes!
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Please join us downtown for a peaceful, non-violent protest during one or more men's NCAA basketball games April 4-6 ▶️ bit.ly/icencaa
For more information, visit dumpice.com.
📣 PLANES THAT DEPORT PEOPLE ARE FLYING MARCH MADNESS TEAMS TO GAMES! 🚨
ICE contractors GlobalX & Eastern Air Express have operated over 30 charter flights for at least 23 teams during this year's March Madness.
Add your name & demand the NCAA stop funding ICE cruelty: bit.ly/dumpice
On Wednesday, March 25th, a man held captive at GEO Group's Adelanto internment camp died. His death is the latest of multiple deaths at Adelanto since the beginning of Trump's second term, and the 14th recorded death inside ICE captivity in 2026.
The government just admitted in federal court that it lied to a judge to justify its own enforcement actions.
The same agency that just admitted lying to a federal judge is the one deciding what information gets released about the killings of Renée Good, Alex Pretti, and Ruben Ray Martinez.
(CW) In San Diego county, Warden Christopher LaRose can choose whether or not to investigate r*pe allegations at CoreCivic's Otay Mesa internment camp, where 1,500 people are held captive.
The County Sheriff handed over responsibility for investigating allegations to CoreCivic in a 2020 memorandum.
A ProPublica report found that in the first seven months of Trump's second term, ICE separated 11,000 children from their parents.
There is no justification for tearing parents apart from their children for no reason other than lack of citizenship in a country founded by colonialism and land theft.
We are issuing a Do Not Fly warning in response to Trump's decision to send ICE to airports. ICE may be present at any airport, even if they are not on this list.
At any airport, ICE may be present at pre-security areas, TSA security lines, post-security, and at airport gates.
These schools' basketball teams flew to March Madness games last week on airlines ICE uses to deport people in shackles and traffic people on domestic flights to internment camps.
Tell the NCAA & universities to keep ICE off the court: bit.ly/dumpice
ICE wants to expand their shadow detention network in Colorado beyond its internment camp in Aurora and its nine secret hold rooms.
Sites in Hudson, Walsenberg, Colorado Springs, and La Junta were identified as prospective internment camps in FOIA documents obtained by the ACLU of Colorado.
Royer Pérez Jiménez, just 19 years old, died in ICE custody on March 16th.
The indigenous teenager was from San Juan Chamula, a Tzotzil Maya community in Chiapas, Mexico that is native to this continent.
Now Mexico is demanding an investigation into his suspicious death.
CoreCivic CFO suggests the company is paid around $125/day for each person in their captivity
ICE is using two secret locations in Illinois to hold people captive in addition to Broadview, according to the Colorado Times Recorder.
The Chicago site is labeled as an ICE Field Office, and the Rock Island site is inside a courthouse. Neither are places meant to house human beings.
Royer Perez-Jimenez, just 19 years old, had his whole life ahead of him. Then he was detained by ICE.
18 days later, on March 16th, he was found 'unconscious and unresponsive' at Glades County Detention Center in Florida.
Sources: L.A. Taco, Izzy Ramirez, Aisha Wallace-Palomares, Memo Torres
Worm-infested food, lights on 24/7, and children denied medical care.
Kids burning up, struggling to breathe, bedwetting, developing anxiety and depression. RSV, the measles, and Covid-19 outbreaks.
This is the reality inside CoreCivic's Dilley internment camp. CoreCivic made $2.2 billion in 2025.
12 days after his daughter was born prematurely and placed in the NICU, Juan Chavez Velasco went to deliver milk to her hospital room. ICE agents pulled in front of his car.
He told them he had a newborn in intensive care and was a DACA recipient.
They said, "That doesn't matter."
